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CHARLES HENRY BINGHAM, OF UTRECHT, HOLLAND.

VENDI'NG APPAR/-wus FOR CIGARS,CIGARETTES, aoc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 368,869, dated August23, 1887.

Application filed April 9. 1887. Serial No. 234.265. (No model.)Patented in England February 28, 1887, No. 3,078.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that l, CHARLES HENRY BING HAM, of the town of Utrecht, inthe Kingdom of Holland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Automatic Apparatus for Effecting the Sale of Cigars,Cigarettes, and other Articles, (for which a patent has been granted inEngland on the 28th of February, 1887, No. 3,078,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to automatic apparatus for effecting the sale ofcigars, cigarettes, and other small articles; and it consists of adevice, by means of which'cigars, cigarettes, or

l other articles for sale are delivered when a coin of certain value,size, and weight is inserted in an opening or slot in the casing. Theinserted coin effects the release of a pawl or catch gearing into arecess or cavity ot' a sliding lever or bar, which can be so operatedfrom the outside of the apparatus that one of the cigars, cigarettes, orother objects is delivered. This slide operates a roller withsuitablecavity for receiving a cigar, cigarette, 0r other object,whichpasses from the said cavity onto an inclined plane and from'th'ence intoa receptacle outside the said apparatus. The slide interrupts the fallof the coin until the said slide is again operated, the coin remainingvisible behind a glass plate, so as to control'the action of theapparatus.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View, and Fig. 2an elevation with the casing partly broken away and the slide indilerent positions.

a is the casing, which incloses the entire mechanism; b, the slot intowhich the coin is inserted, and b the canal for guiding the said coin.

c is a two-armed pawllever,with its fulcrum at c.

The coin descends onto the longer arm of the lever, while the forwardarm, which is given the shape of a pawl or hook, gears into acorresponding recess or cavity, c, in the slide or sliding rod d, whenthe longer leverarm is freed from the coin, thus arresting all furthermovement of the slide until a fresh coin or coins is or are inserted,thus causing a depression of the longer arm of the pawllever and afreeing of the pawl from its gear with the cavity c2 in the slide d. Astud or l projection, d', on the upper surface of the slide d serves tooperate thelonger arm of thelever c, and thus force the pawl into gearwith the recess c2 ofthe slide d, which latter can be operated from theoutside of the apparatus. The slide is arranged immediately behind aglass or other transparent plate, e, and is provided with a recess, d2,into which the coin from the guide, groove, or canal b falls, and isretained by the'blocl; f. The slide effects the release of the object tobe sold by operating on a pin or stud, g', of the roller g and causing apartial rotation of the same.

The Aobjects for' sale are arranged in a receptacle, h, which, asrepresented in Fig. 1, can end in an inclined guideway, h', so that thecigars or other objects lie one behind the other in the said guideway,or the inclined guideway can be omitted, so that the cigars, cigarettes,or other objects come in direct contact with the roller or drum g, thecavity or recess in which is so arranged that only one cigar orcigarette can enter-'the same at one and the same time, as representedby Fig. 2.

The form of the cavity or recess in the roller or drum can be variedaccording to the purpose required and the object to be sold. Forinstance, Fig. 1 shows an angular, and Fig. 2 an o val, cavity orrecess.

The angular form facilitates the delivery of a cigar or cigarette intothe guideway t' and the receptacle i', arranged outside the apparatus,so that the cigar, cigarette, or other ob ject is readily accessible tothe purchaser. The. apparatus operates in the following manner: The coininsertedthrough the slot b depresses the longer arm of the lever c andreleases the pawl from the cavity or recess c2, when the slidcd can beoperated. The roller or drum g is partially rotated and the obj ectinthe cavity or recess caused to fall into the incline or into theguideway i3, and from thence into the dish or receptacle i. The stud orprojection d to the slide d only permits a gradual descent of the longarm of the lever o by the friction existing between the top of the saidstud or pin d and the lower curved surface of the lever c, so that thesaid coin can only pass into the canal or guideway f when the lever creaches the position as represented by Fig.

2. The slide can, if desired, be retnrnedby means of an appropriatespring, so that the coin falls into a recess, d2, of the same andremainsvisible in the same until the apparatus is again set in operationand a coin inserted, whereupon the rst coin falls out of the cavity d2into a coin-receptacle, and the second coin, after completed operation,remains in the position in the slide-recess d2 formerly occupied by thefirst coin. The movement of the slide is limited by means of suitablestops, k 7e.

Although I have only described and shown one modification of my improvedapparatus, it will be evident to all acquainted with the art that theparts of my said apparatus and the arrangement of the same can be variedin many Ways without departing from the nature of my invention.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I elaim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In an automatic apparatus for vending cigars, cigarettes, and otherarticles, the co1nbination, with a ease or receptacle havingaeoin-receiving slot and chute and a merchanto said roller or drum andadapted to recipy recate the same, and having a notched top face and anupwardly-projecting stud, and a lever having pivotal bearing within thecase, and having a pawl or hook at its front end to engage the notch insaid slide, and an extended tail to receive the impact of the descendingcoin, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the slide d, having notch c2 in its upper face,and aeoin-receiving recess, d2, the coinholding block f, merchandisereceiving and discharging drum g, connected with and adapted to beoperated by said slide, and a pivotal slidelocking lever, (l, having atits front end a pawl to engage the notch c2 in said slide, and anextended tail to receive the impact of the descending coin,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES HENRY BINGH AM.

Witnesses:

A. S. DocEN, W. KABos.

